Base Class: Warlock
Yuki-onna ('snow woman') is a spirit or yokai that is often depicted in Japanese literature. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province. In legends, a beautiful woman came to visit a man and became his wife. This woman was reluctant to go into the bath and when she was made to go in anyway, she disappeared, leaving only thin, fragmented, floating icicles.
Yuki-onna appears on snowy nights as a tall, beautiful woman with long black hair and blue lips. Her inhumanly pale or even transparent skin makes her blend into the snowy landscape. She often wears a white kimono, but other legends describe her as nude, with only her face and hair standing out against the snow. Despite her inhuman beauty, her eyes can strike terror into mortals. She floats across the snow, leaving no footprints, and she can transform into a cloud of mist or disappear if threatened.
Some legends say the Yuki-onna, being associated with winter and snowstorms, is the spirit of someone who perished in the snow. She is at the same time beautiful and serene, yet ruthless in killing unsuspecting mortals; she was almost uniformly portrayed as evil. Today, however, stories often colour her as mere human, emphasizing her ghost-like nature and ephemeral beauty. In many stories, Yuki-onna appears to travellers trapped in snowstorms and uses her icy breath to leave them as frost-coated corpses. Other legends say she leads them astray so they simply die of exposure.
Other legends make Yuki-onna much more aggressive. In these stories, she often invades homes, blowing in the door with a gust of wind to kill residents in their sleep. Sometimes she is simply satisfied to see a victim die. Other times, she is more vampiric, draining her victims' blood or "life force." She occasionally takes on a succubus-like manner, preying on weak-willed men to drain or freeze them through sex or a kiss.
Like the snow and winter weather she represents, Yuki-onna has a softer side. She sometimes lets would-be victims go for various reasons. for example, there is a tale when she sets a young boy free because of his beauty and age. She makes him promise never to speak of her, but later in life, he tells the story to his wife who reveals herself to be the Yuki-Onna from his childhood. She reviles him for breaking his promise but spares him again, this time out of concern for their children ; but if he dares mistreat their children, she will return with no mercy.
(possibly she did not treat it as a broken promise because the Yuki-Onna herself is not a human and thus did not count)
Expanded Spell List
Cold Soul lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.
Expanded Spells
| Spell Level | Spells |
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Cantrip, 1st |
Ice Knife, Frost Fingers |
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2nd |
Pass Without Trace, Rime's Binding Ice |
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3rd |
Counterspell, Hunger of Hadar |
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4th |
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5th |
Frozen soul
All of your Spells and Attacks deal Cold type damage if applicable, and you are resistant to Cold
Haunting Mirage
Starting at 6th level, you can cast your Spells out of combat without spending Spell Slots during night-time. You cannot engage or disengage combat nor deal damage with these spells.
The number of free uses equals half of your warlock level and the uses resets on a Long Rest.
Gorgeous Terror
Starting at 10th level, you gain advantage on attempts that either charms or intimidates humanoid creatures.
During daytime your alluring presence makes it easier to sweet-talk your way through almost everyone. On the other hand,
during night-time your frigid nature strikes fear and terror into the heart of the people, making almost everyone to turn around and distance themselves from you.
You have to finish either a Short Rest or a Long Rest until it can be used again.
Eternal Moment
Starting at 14th level, when you hit a creature with an attack, you can use this feature to instantly transport the target with yourself to a frozen realm where time passes differently. The creature disappears with you and spend some time together.
At the end of your next turn, you return with your new partner to the nearest unoccupied space. If the target is humanoid, it takes 10d10 cold damage as it realizes that they have to leave you.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.